Poll: Donald Trump still leads, Ben Carson in second — The race for the GOP nomination — Donald Trump continues to lead the field nationally in the race to become the Republican nominee for president. Twenty-seven percent of Republican primary voters support Trump …

The Republicans' Ugly Revolt — OVER the last two decades, through Bob Dole and George W. Bush and John McCain and Mitt Romney, it has become an article of faith that the Republican presidential nominee is a person blessed by, or acceptable to, the party's establishment, meaning the elders …

Clinton's camp says she ‘could have a serious meltdown’ — U.S. Democratic presidential candidate Hillary Clinton — Hillary is furious — and while Clinton advisers think that may save her, it's making the lives of those who work for her hell. — “Hillary's been having screaming …

The Asian Advantage — THIS is an awkward question, but here goes: Why are Asian-Americans so successful in America? — It's no secret that Asian-Americans are disproportionately stars in American schools, and even in American society as a whole. Census data show that Americans …

Wanted: a Tea Party Speaker — IN an earlier, cozier Washington, D.C., John Boehner could have been the kind of House speaker whose memory is held dear by high-minded chin strokers on Sunday morning television programs: An icon of sadly bygone bipartisanship, a cutter of the grandest bargains, a man who, by God, made legislation move.